OCTA in its June 20 report identified the three as Iloilo City, Koronadal in South Cotabato, and Bacoor in Cavite in the last week or from June 13 to 19.

Health authorities on Sunday said 5,803 more individuals contracted the COVID-19, bringing the country's overall count to 1,359,015.

“Apart from vaccinations and adherence to minimum public health safety standards, each of us needs discipline,” Eleazar said. 

"Please make it sooner, not later. Mind the economy for a change," a senator tweeted.

Some 40 million Pfizer doses will begin arriving in the Philippines by August, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said under the newly signed supply deal.

“There really is a need to poison-proof our homes as most childhood poisoning incidents occur at home.”

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Sunday said 8,050,711 doses of COVID-19 jabs have been administered with 2.09 million fully inoculated.

Oxfam Philippines found that women spent up to 13 hours doing unpaid work caring for others against only eight hours for men.

The latest updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines and general community quarantine of economic center of Metro Manila and other areas across the country.

Another round of oil price hikes will greet motorists this week.